Word: laptops
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Klondike solitaire installed on my second laptop back in 1995-6. I've been with it ever since...
...moral of this story, the reason not to forget technology, is that it really can solve problems. Not only comparatively little problems—computationally intense questions in theoretical physics—but really big ones as well: A non-profit organization called “One Laptop Per Child” started by an MIT professor aims to use today’s technology to distribute robust $100 laptops to the world’s poor as a step towards improved education. If we’re going to make progress on the difficult problems we?...
...Within minutes, my own TV programming was bounced at roughly 1200 kilobits per second from the Slingbox through my home network and out via Wi-Fi to my HP laptop. Video appeared smooth and watchable. I especially like the video-adjustment wizard that ensures that the picture on the SlingPlayer is halfway decent...
...order to simulate being on the road, I connected a Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess card to my laptop, and dialed up to the carrier's highspeed mobile network. Connecting to the Internet via cellular modem, I was still able to pull up the cable box in my home, even though we could have been a continent apart. Connecting remotely did cost a lot of bandwidth however: at 300 Kbps, South Park and The Colbert Report were watchable, but game highlights from a Tino Martinez retrospective on the Yankees' YES network were wracked with digital blur...
...your shoes at home is one thing, but forgetting a critical file can ruin a business trip. Sites such as GoToMyPC.com can save the day. GoToMyPC.com lets you operate a PC remotely from any Web browser. A new version lets you drag and drop files from home onto your laptop...